Post by Logan on Mar 3, 2016 5:51:56 GMT -6
CPS chief blasts state panel's 'shameful decision' to reverse plan to close charter schools
Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool opened a new front in the city's battle with Gov. Bruce Rauner on Wednesday, lambasting a state board's "shameful decision" to overturn the district's plan to close three charter schools at the end of the school year.
Claypool said CPS will challenge the vote by the Illinois State Charter School Commission to allow the South Side charter schools to remain open and to operate outside district supervision. Claypool asked state lawmakers to rein in a "rogue" commission.
"Once again, Gov. Rauner is relegating poor minority children to a second-class education," Claypool told reporters during a brief appearance at a Pilsen neighborhood school. "An unaccountable commission appointed by the governor should not assert local control and should not allow quality standards to measure the academic performance of our children to be thrown aside."
The district had moved to close the three schools — Amandla Charter School, Shabazz International Charter School's Sizemore Academy and Bronzeville Lighthouse Charter School — for failing to meet academic standards.
Read more: www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-schools-chief-criticizes-state-charter-board-0303-20160302-story.html
Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool opened a new front in the city's battle with Gov. Bruce Rauner on Wednesday, lambasting a state board's "shameful decision" to overturn the district's plan to close three charter schools at the end of the school year.
Claypool said CPS will challenge the vote by the Illinois State Charter School Commission to allow the South Side charter schools to remain open and to operate outside district supervision. Claypool asked state lawmakers to rein in a "rogue" commission.
"Once again, Gov. Rauner is relegating poor minority children to a second-class education," Claypool told reporters during a brief appearance at a Pilsen neighborhood school. "An unaccountable commission appointed by the governor should not assert local control and should not allow quality standards to measure the academic performance of our children to be thrown aside."
The district had moved to close the three schools — Amandla Charter School, Shabazz International Charter School's Sizemore Academy and Bronzeville Lighthouse Charter School — for failing to meet academic standards.
Read more: www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-schools-chief-criticizes-state-charter-board-0303-20160302-story.html